Achievements

Finding ways to treat Alzheimer’s disease has become a focus of researchers. A new investigation that included 41 people suggests a drug used to treat rheumatoid arthritis might stop Alzheimer’s disease from progressing.

Findings published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal this week reveal men get quicker care for heart attack than women. The reasons aren't entirely clear, but may have to do with lack of assertiveness in describing heart attack symptoms.

Just about everyone, especially chocolate lovers, has read that cocoa has health benefits for the heart. Now researchers plan to find out if a chocolate pill that contains cocoa flavonoids could help prevent heart disease and stroke.

Mercy for Animals (MFA) has once again uncovered horrific animal abuse that seems to happen all too often on factory farms. In their undercover video, Hybrid Turkey workers in Canada throw, stomp and crush spines of turkeys.

A Canadian study published in the journal Pediatrics suggests white noise machines used to help infants sleep could lead to hearing loss later on. Infant sleep machines should be used with caution the researchers warn.

Swiss artist and photographer Fabian Oefner is making psychedelic art from science. In his intriguing TED talk this week he describes how he is accomplishing his mission to meld the two and why doing so fascinates him. The results are stunning.

Scientists have some new insight into how stress can literally make the world smell bad. Researchers have had little to no insight into why certain odors evoke emotions from humans such as pleasure or disgust - until now.

Scientists have unraveled a mystery about why rare condors in the coastal redwood forests of central California are having problems reproducing. The culprit appears to be the long-ago banned pesticide DDT that lingers in our environment.

There are sadists among us and they’re part of our everyday life, finds a new study. Recently published research suggests we can find them trolling on social media and maybe even in our own close circle of otherwise well-adjusted friends.

Testosterone levels drop when men age, causing problems like low libido and increased body fat. Now a study suggests low estrogen could cause sexual dysfunction in men as well as middle-age weight gain.

Researchers at Oregon Health & Science University have been testing an HIV vaccine on primates for the past 10 years. The scientists have had success treating monkeys with SIV, the primate equivalent of HIV. The next step is an AIDS vaccine for humans.

Researchers have been concerned about why honeybees are dying. To date no one knows why there are fewer colonies. Scientists say unless we find out what’s happening we might all have fewer fruits and vegetables that we know are so important for health.

In Scotland, if you dance, read or engage in cultural activities or recreational sports, including walking, you’re more likely to be healthier and more satisfied with life than those who do not participate.

If you have a hard time moving without your favorite caffeinated morning beverage, you might be interested in spray-on caffeine. Two young entrepreneurs have a patent pending for caffeine that you can spray on your skin called Sprayable Energy.